Thomas Mason Godfrey, Rifle Brigade

1911 May. He enlisted in the Hampshire Regiment, Territorial Army, at Bournemouth. He was posted to the 7th Battalion and between 1914 and 1916 served in India.

1916 Godfrey, known as Dan, joined the 15th Battalion. He served in France until 1918, and Army records note that ‘this officer was gassed on 27 May 1918 owing to his respirator being hit and rendered useless’.